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[ No way would Felix ask this with his name attached, but once he notices the anonymous function for the network, he figures it is worth the risk. ]

Question for those of you who are already Tethered, or I guess anyone who knows...

I've been told that people who are Tethered to one another have access to each other's emotions. How specific is that access? Is it just the feeling or the cause of the feeling, too?

For instance, is it just "Harold is happy right now" or is it fully "Harold is happy right now because he noticed that I mended that rip in his jacket, and because I smiled at him when we said goodnight last night, and also because he's secretly in love with me."?

All Harolds in this example are purely hypothetical of course.

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[unas]

There's something where I'm from known as a mind meld, something unique to a particular species. It's not the same as a tether but it has some similarities in that your minds become linked during it. Even with a linked mind, you can limit what the other knows with mental walls. You might be able to do the same here, to protect the why of your experiences and just leave it with a feeling.

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That's very helpful, thank you, truly.

Do you happen to know if mental walls like that would limit the effectiveness of a Tether? Everyone keeps talking about how essential they are, and I don't want to undo all that.

Also, do you know if there's maybe anyone here who could teach a guy how to build one? Someone from you world, with experience in mind melds?

[unas]

It's possible, though even with mental walls there should be some degree of tether possible even if they can't access the full depths of your mind.

I've found meditation helps.

( she's not going to out spock to this guy as someone who can do them. as for how useful her information is after this point... eh. has she had a mind meld or just read about them? she's more going off her own illyrian mental conditioning and her reading )